Pair lied about shooting, court told

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Two men lied to police twice over the shooting death of a man
they had been drinking with in a Melbourne pub, a court was told
today.

Evan Ange Goussis, 38, and Keith George Faure, 54, are charged
with murdering Lewis Caine after the three spent an evening
drinking at the Plough and Harrow Hotel in Carlton, in Melbourne's
inner north, on May 8, 2004.

Mr Caine's body was found in a suburban Brunswick street later
that night.

The trial of the pair, who have pleaded not guilty, began in the
Victorian Supreme Court today.

Crown prosecutor David Parsons told the jury they would be told
"a pack of lies" over the shooting.

He said the two accused men initially told police they were not
with Mr Caine, 39, when he was killed.

However, when they were arrested almost two weeks later, they
told police Goussis shot Mr Caine in self-defence, Mr Parsons
said.

The first lie didn't work and then they embarked on a second
lie, he said.